Dams in Jackson County, Kansas

262Total Dams

3High Hazard

8Significant

Dam Safety in Jackson County, Kansas

Jackson County has 262 dams tracked in the National Inventory of Dams. Of these, 3 are classified as high hazard — meaning failure would probably cause loss of human life. Another 8 carry a significant hazard classification. Currently, 1 dams have a condition assessment of poor or unsatisfactory.

The average dam in Jackson County is 48 years old. The most common purpose is flood risk reduction. The tallest dam is Gs Dd No C-127 at 169 ft.

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Dam	Hazard	Condition	Height (ft)	Purpose	Year
Delaware Mpd No 36 (banner Creek)	High	Satisfactory	64	Water Supply	1997
Gs Dd No D-34	High	Satisfactory	34	Flood Risk Reduction	1998
Frd No 1	High	Fair	29	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Frd No 15	Significant	Satisfactory	52	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Frd No 5	Significant	Fair	40	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Frd No 4	Significant	Satisfactory	39	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Gs Dd No D-15 (johnson)	Significant	Satisfactory	37	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Frd No 2	Significant	Fair	36	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Dd No D-14	Significant	Fair	32	Debris Control	1990
	Significant		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1979
	Significant		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
Gs Dd No C-127	Low		169	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Prairie Lake Dam	Low	Poor	50	Recreation	1948
Indian Valley Lake	Low	Not Rated	50		1966
Frd No 1 (nebo Creek)	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Dd No C-114 (m. Kathrens)	Low		42	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Gs Dd No D-39	Low		39	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No 3-18	Low		39	Debris Control	1990
Gs Dd No C-37 (elkcreekgs-32)	Low		39	Debris Control	2003
Gs Dd No D-40	Low		38	Debris Control	1998
Gs Dd No C-88 (gs-28a)	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No C-56 (king)	Low		38	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Gs Dd No C-48	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Frd No 3 (nebo Creek)	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction	1999
C-134	Low		37	Flood Risk Reduction
Site 110	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1998
Gs Dd No C-120	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1986
Gs Dd No C-34	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No C-40 (elk 61)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Frd No 2 (nebo Creek)	Low		36	Flood Risk Reduction	1963
Detention Dam No 112	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Dd No C-118	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Gs Dd No C-6 (elk Cr 13)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No C-115 (kathrens)	Low		35	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		34		1970
	Low		34	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No A-54	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	2004
Frd No 3	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Dd No C-50 (meyer)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Dd No 4-24 (ross-busser)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Dd No 1-23 (howes)	Low		34	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Gs Dd No C-42 (elk 23)	Low		34	Debris Control
	Low		33		1971
	Low		33		1971
	Low		33		1971
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No 3-16a	Low		33	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
	Low		33		1972
	Low		33	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
	Low		33		1970
Gsd No C-126 (elk 63)	Low		33	Debris Control	1986
Cedar Lake	Low		33	Recreation
Gs Dd No A-99 (buser)	Low	Satisfactory	33	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
	Low		32		1976
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Gs Dd No C-129	Low		32	Debris Control
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
Dd No 123	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
	Low		32	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Dd No C-105	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
Dd No 4-2	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1993
C-35 (elk Creek No. 31)	Low		32	Debris Control	2002
Dd No C-59 (glick)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction	1978
Dd No C-111 (guess)	Low		32	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No C-110 (elk Cr Gs-55a)	Low		32	Debris Control
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31		1970
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1975
	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
	Low		31	Recreation
Gs Dd No C-20(gs No.15)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction
Brm Grd Stab	Low		31	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Dd No N-2 (gross)	Low		31	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		30		1958
	Low		30		1962
	Low		30		1967
	Low		30		1967
	Low		30		1974
	Low		30		1971
	Low		30		1959
Dd No 119	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1992
	Low		30		1959
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		30	Recreation
108	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2002
	Low		30	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1998
Dd No 121	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction
Site 102a	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2003
Gs Dd No C-51 (sloan)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Gs Dd No C-125	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Gs Dd No C-87	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	2000
Dd No C-130 (hallauer)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1991
Gs Dd No D-17	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1998
Gs Dd No D-66 (burris)	Low		30	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
	Low		29		1967
	Low		29	Irrigation
	Low		29		1966
	Low		29		1976
	Low		29		1965
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1958
	Low	Not Available	29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1966
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		29		1970
	Low		29	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No C-133	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
Gs Dd No D-70	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Gs Dd No 4-4a (beam)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
Ksnoname 944	Low		29		1968
Gs Dd No C-5 (gs-14)	Low		29	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		28		1972
	Low		28		1960
	Low		28		1972
	Low		28		1976
	Low		28		1962
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1974
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		28		1968
	Low		28	Other
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1955
	Low		28	Debris Control	1972
	Low		28		1972
Gs Dd No A-80	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Dd No 105	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
Gs Dd No A-93	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Gs Dd No A-102 (haag)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
Detention Dam No 133	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction
Dd No. 33	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	2008
Gs Dd No N-5	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
Gs Dd No C-19 (white)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1980
Gs Dd No A-84 (circle Sc)	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1982
Gs Dd No 4-14b	Low		28	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Gs No C-29(elk-9)	Low		28	Debris Control	1991
Fitzgerald Dam No 1	Low		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		27		1977
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27		1972
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27		1967
	Low		27		1969
Dd No A-63	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	2001
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		27	Debris Control	1979
	Low		27	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No A-87	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Gs Dd No C-58 (mcdonald)	Low	Satisfactory	27	Flood Risk Reduction	1979
Dd No 4-15 (atwater)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Dd No 4-3 (mapes)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Dd No 1-21 (feathrston)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Dd No N-1 (boyles)	Low		27	Flood Risk Reduction	1977
	Low		26		1958
	Low	Not Available	26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1966
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26		1961
	Low		26		1957
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26		1978
	Low		26		1975
	Low		26		1974
	Low		26		1958
	Low		26		1957
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26		1958
	Low		26		1960
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1962
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1965
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1969
	Low		26		1970
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1967
Askren Dam	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2001
	Low		26		1962
	Low		26		1977
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Clark Dam	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		26	Debris Control	1978
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		26		1970
	Low		26		1966
Gs Dd No 1-3	Low		26	Debris Control	1989
	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Gs Dd No D-73	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Gs Dd No D-12 (burrell)	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1987
Fitzgerald Dam No 2	Low		26	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1974
Gs Dd No 4-13	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1995
Gs Dd No C-54 (elk Cr Gs-34)	Low		26	Flood Risk Reduction	1996
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		25	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
Gs Dd No C-85	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Gs Dd No C-65 (griffith)	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Dd No 2-15 (smith)	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1990
Gs Dd No D-20	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction	1994
Gs Dd No C-109(gs-55)	Low		25	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
	Low		24		1956
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2001
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1968
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Other
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		24	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1971
	Low		23		1962
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		23		1965
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
Gs Dd No A-71	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
Gs Dd No A-92	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1989
	Low		23	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1976
Gs Dd No A-78 (utterback)	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction	1984
Gs Dd No A-82	Low		23	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	2000
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond
	Low		22		1967
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1965
Gs Dd No D-68	Low		22	Debris Control	1992
Gs Dd No C-86	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1997
Gs Dd No A-40 (nowlin)	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1985
	Low		22	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1970
Gs Dd No D-67	Low		22	Flood Risk Reduction	1988
	Low		21	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1972
Elkhorn Lake	Low		21	Water Supply	1935
	Low		21	Recreation	1935
	Low		20		1962
Gs Dd No A-94	Low		20	Flood Risk Reduction
	Low		19		1966
Private Dam	Low		19	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1961
Gs Dd No C-117 (utz G.s.)	Low		19	Flood Risk Reduction	1981
	Low	Not Available	17	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1997
	Undetermined		28	Fire Protection, Stock, Or Small Fish Pond	1977

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